D 2015/2016 Vision?

[bitwise via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 8 October 2015 at 14:05:07 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
>
> Maybe, but having classes be value generally makes no sense, 
> because you can't use polymorphism with value types.

This is a huge generalization, and is incorrect. You can still 
use inheritance.

> Classes are inherently reference types given their semantics.

Incorrect.

> Even in C++ that's the case. It's just that they don't separate 
> out classes and structs the way we do. But classes that use 
> inheritance have to be used as reference types or all you're 
> doing is sharing implementation (which can be done easily 
> enough without inheritance).

It _can_ be done, but that doesn't mean that it's _always_ the 
best, or even preferred approach.

      Bit